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| | specious | (สพี'เชิส) adj. ดูเรียบร้อยภายนอก, น่าชมแต่ภายนอก, หน้าเนื้อใจเสือ, ปากหวานก้นเปรี้ยว, ดูคล้ายมีเหตุผล., See also: speciousness n., Syn. colourable |
| | specious | (adj) มารยา, ตบตา, หน้าเนื้อใจเสือ |
| | | | specious | (adj) plausible but false, Syn. spurious, Example: a specious claim; spurious inferences | | specious argument | (n) an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | | speciously | (adv) in a specious manner | | speciousness | (n) an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility, Syn. meretriciousness, Example: the speciousness of his argument |
| | Specious | a. [ L. speciosusgood-looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. spécoeux. See Species. ] 1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. [ 1913 Webster ] Some [ serpents ] specious and beautiful to the eye. Bp. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ] The rest, far greater part,
Will deem in outward rites and specious forms
Religion satisfied. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. [ 1913 Webster ] Misled for a moment by the specious names of religion, liberty, and property. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] In consequence of their greater command of specious expression. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See Plausible. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Spe"xious*ly adv. -- Spe"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 似是而非 | [sì shì ér fēi, ㄙˋ ㄕˋ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟ, 似 是 而 非] lit. seems so, but no (成语 saw, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); apparently correct, but actually wrong; specious, See also: 成语, 莊子, 庄子 #40,531 [Add to Longdo] | | 诡辩 | [guǐ biàn, ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ, 诡 辩 / 詭 辯] specious arguments; sophistry #51,732 [Add to Longdo] | | 诡辩家 | [guǐ biàn jiā, ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ, 诡 辩 家 / 詭 辯 家] sophist; one who relies on specious arguments [Add to Longdo] | | 诡辩术 | [guǐ biàn shù, ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ, 诡 辩 术 / 詭 辯 術] specious arguments; sophistry [Add to Longdo] |
| | お茶を濁す | [おちゃをにごす, ochawonigosu] (exp, v5s) (1) to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; (2) to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; (3) to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; (4) to make do with [Add to Longdo] | | 曲論 | [きょくろん, kyokuron] (n, vs) biased argument; biassed argument; sophistry; specious argument [Add to Longdo] | | 実しやか;真しやか;誠しやか | [まことしやか, makotoshiyaka] (adj-na) (uk) plausible (e.g. of a rumour); believable (e.g. of a story); specious (e.g. of an argument); credible (e.g. of a lie); looking very like the truth [Add to Longdo] |
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